HOUGHTON. 305 HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING. baron are held annually. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Winchester, val. 438, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure with a wooden tower containing three hells. The Wesleyans have a chapel. The Rev. Kichard Townsend is lord of the manor. HOUGHTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Heddon-on-the- Vall, E. div. of Tindalo ward, co. Northumberland, 7i miles W. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 3 N.E. of Wylam railway station. It is situated near the Roman Wall, and in conjunction with Close House forms a tnshp. Here is a free school for both sexes, supported by Mrs. Bewick, who is the chief landowner, and resides at Close House. HOUGHTON, a tnshp. and district par. in the par. of Stanwix, ward of Eskdale, co. Cumberland, 2 miles N.E. of Carlisle. It is situated on a branch of the river Eden, and partly on the high road to Scotland. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of Carlisle, val. 40, in the patron, of trustees. The church, dedicated to St. John, was built in 1840. It is a white freestone structure with a tower. There is an endowed school. Houghton Hall is the principal residence. HOUGHTON, a hmlt. in the par. of Sancton, Huns- ley Beacon div. of the hund. of Harthill, East Riding co. York, 2 miles S.E. of Market Weighton, and 4 S. W. of Sancton. It is situated near the Wolds. Houghton Hall, the principal residence, is situated in a finely- wooded park. Near the hall is a Roman Catholic chapel with a school in connection. HOUGHTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Wiuwick, hund. of West Derby, co. Lancaster, 2 miles N. of Warringtou. It includes the hmlts. of Middleton and Harbury. HOUGHTON, a tnshp. in the par. of Grantham. hund. of Grantham soke, parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 1 mile S.E. of Grantham. It is a joint township with Spittlegate. Here is a paper-mill giving employment to a number of hands. HOUGHTON, a hmlt. in tho par. of Souiion, co. Devon, 4 miles S.W. of Okehampton. HOUGHTON, a par. in the hund. of Hurstingstone, co. Huntingdon, 2 miles W. of St. Ives. The village, which is considerable, is situated on the river Ouse. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Ely. Tho church is dedicated to St. Mary. HOUGHTON, a vil. in the par. of Burton, co. Pem- broke, 4 miles N. of Pembroke. It is situated near Milford Haven. HOUGHTON. See HAUGHTON, co. Nottingham. HOUGHTON-CHAPEL, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Gisburn-Forest and par. of Gisburn, wap. of Staincliff, West Riding co. York, 7 miles N.E. of Clitheroe. It is situated near tho river Ribble. HOUGHTON-CONQUEST, a par. in the hund. of Redbornstoke, co. Bedford, 3 miles N. of Ampthill, its post town, and 6 8. of Bedford. It is a small agricul- tural village, with some remains of tho old seat of tho Conquests, in which they received James I. in 1605. The mansion was first erected by Sydney's sister, from a design in the "Arcadia ;" it was afterwards altered by Inigo Jones for the Earl of Ailesbury, and subsequently by Chambers for the Duke of Bedford. The living is a rect.* annexed to that of Houghton Gildable, in the dioc. of Ely, val. 828, in the patron, of St. John's College, ibridge. The church, dedicated to St. James, has a tower containing six bells. It was thoroughly restored in 1845, and contains a monument to Dr. Zachary Grey, editor of " Hudibras," and a commentator on Shak- ipeare. Tho charities produce about 86 per annum, of which 68 goes to Clarke's school and almshouses.
- hton Park is situated a short distance S.W. of tho
village, but tho famous mansion of the earls of Elgin and Ailosbury is now destroyed. Tho Duke of Bedford in lord of tho manor. HMI:GHTON-GTLDABLE, an ancient par. now I with Houghton-Conquest, co. Bedford. HOUGIITON, GLASS, a tnshp. in tho par. of Castle- . 1 1 if co. York, 2 miles N.W. of Pontefract. HOUGHTON, GREAT, a tnshp. in tho par. of Dar- field, wap. of Strafforth, West Riding co. York, 2 miles from Darfield, and 7 E. of Barnsley. It is situated near the North Midland railway. Tho village, which is well built, is situated on a lofty ridge commanding an exten- sive view over the surrounding country, which is fertile and well cultivated. Here are tho ruins of Houghtou Hall, part of which is converted into a public-house. In the ancient chapel adjoining the hall Divine service is performed every Sunday. There is an endowed school ; also a place of worship for the Wesleyans. K. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P., is lord of the manor. HOUGHTON, GREAT, a par. in the hund. of Wy- mersley, co. Northampton, 2 miles S.E. of Northampton. The village, which is small and wholly agricultural, is situated near the river Nen. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Peterborough, val. 538, in the patron, of Magdalen College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a modern structure with a spire. The charities produce about 5 per annum. HOUGHTON, HANGING, a hmlt. in the par. of Lamport, in the hund. of Orlingbury, co. Northampton, 8 miles N. of Northampton, its post town, and 1 mile S.W. of Lamport. It is situated on a hill, and near the road from Northampton to Market Harborough. Here is situated the free school for boys and girls belonging to Lamport and Houghton, with an endowment for education, and for the apprenticing of the children. HOUGHTON-IN-THE-HOLE, or LE-DALE, a par. in the hund. of North Greenhoe, co. Norfolk, 4 miles N. of Fakenham, its post town, and 1 mile S.W. of New Walsingham. It is situated on the river Stiffkey, and on tho road from Fakenham to Walsingham. On tho W. side of the Dale is an ancjent chapel, in good condi- tion, supposed to have been an appanage to Walsingham Abbey, but now used as a barn. The land is almost entirely arable. The living is a vie. in the dioc. of Norwich, val. 1 48. The church is dedicated to St. Giles. It contains the remains of a carved screen. Henry Leo Warner, Esq., is lord of the manor. The impropriato tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 182 8s., and tho vicarial for 134 7*. HOUGHTON-LE-SIDE, a tnshp. in the pur. of Gainford, S.E. div. of Darlington ward, co. Durham, 1J mile N. of Gainford, and 6 miles N.W. of Darling- ton. It is situated on Whinstono Dyke, and is a meet for tho Raby hounds. There is a National school. HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING, a par. in the N. div. of Easingtou ward, co. Durham, 2 miles E. of Fence Houses, its post town and station on tho North- Eastern railway, 6 N.E. of Durham, and 6J S.W. of Sunderland. It comprises the tnshps. of Morton Grange, Newbottle, and East, Middle, and West Her- rington. It was formerly the residence of the pious Bernard Gilpin, the Apostle of the North, whose life was written by Bishop Carleton, his pupil. It is the head of a Poor-law Union, comprising 14 tnshps. The board of guardians meet at the union-house. There is a board of health, and the petty sessions are held at the White Lion Inn every alternate Tuesday. The trade of the place arises chiefly from its numerous and extensive mines, producing the finer sorts of eoal, which command tho highest prices in the London market, and from the extensive quarries of limestone and freestone in tho vicinity affording employment to tho chief part of the inhabitants. Tho town has been rapidly improving within tho last half century, and contains breweries, two brick kilns, and an iron foundry. A mechanics' institute was erected in 1851 on Quality Hill; it is a stone structure with a square tower. Numerous short lines of railway convey tho produce of tho mines to the river Wear, and thence by keels and barges it is carried to Sunderland for exportation. Tho living is a rect.* in tho dioc. of Dur- ham, with tho curs, of Herringtou and Newbottlo an- nexed, val. 1,600, in tho patron, of the bishop. The parish church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a large cruci- form structure, with a tower containing a clock and six bolls. In the interior of the church are effigies and tombs of the Ballasise family of Morton House ; also of Gilpin, and. a brass bearing date 1587. The register dates from
